Thanks to Clutch for forwarding this Cramsession newsletter to me:

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Cramsession News Flash:
Microsoft Makes Sweeping Changes To Its Certification Program ================================================================

(10/11/01) - Cramsession has learned that Microsoft will make a public announcement today that will radically change the shape of its existing certification program.

The biggest bombshell: MCSEs certified on the Windows NT 4.0 track will NOT be de-certified after December 31, 2001, as was previously indicated. Instead, Microsoft is going to recognize two distinct MCSE categories: MCSEs on Microsoft Windows 2000 and MCSEs on Windows NT 4.0.

Microsoft is also introducing a new certification, the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator, or MCSA. A new Microsoft exam is being created for this certification track, Exam 70-218, Managing a MS Windows 2000 Network Environment.